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selected temperature .It can however use hot

water input if there is a demand hot water

system available with idle capacity.

(3) In principal this unit was designed to be

independent of hot water systems. As you are

aware there exist certain "off peak" demand

hot water systems so consequently this unit

was designed to take advantage of this

concept and system if it was available.

However, the key point is that the provisions

of paragraph 23 of the testing conditions does

not represent the normal conditions of

operation.

(4) The calculation of per/cycle water

energy consumption using electrically heated

water is of cotirse possible. However, the

format of calculation as specified in

paragraph 4.1 would need to be modified to

correctly reflect the actual operation of this

dishwasher.

(5) The design purpose of a water heating

dishwasher has as its engineering basis the

reduction of the capacity requirements of

domestic hot water heaters. The obvious

advantages of not using demand hot water

combined with the additional advantage of

using "off peak" hot water (should it be

economically available) makes energy usage

comparisons based on the present regulations

for standard dishwashers-inequitable.

Accordingly, for the above reasons we

hereby request a waiver from the testing and

labeling requirements for these units. A

preliminary brochure is enclosed . Our present

plans are for the importation of 100 of these

units for test marketing purposes.

Sincerely,

George W. Ullrich, P.E.,

Executive Tfice President

cc: Michael J. McCabe.

]FR Dor, 84-2Bi86 Filed 10-3-&S; &45 am]

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[F--q131

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products; Petition for

Waiver of Furnace Test Procedures

From the Coleman Co:, Inc.

AGENCY: Conservation and Renewable

Energy Office DOE.

SUMMARY: Today's notice publishes a

"Petition for Waiver" from The Coleman

Company, Inc. (Coleman) of Wichita,

Kansas, requesting a waiver from the

existing Department of Energy (DOE)

test procedures for furnaces. Coleman

manufactures residential and

commercial heating appliances. The

petition requests DOE to grant relief

from the test procedure relating to the

blower time delay specification for

Coleman's 2900 model series gas

furnaces. Coleman seeks to test using a

blower delay time of 20 seconds instead

of the specified 1.5 minutes. DOE is

soliciting comments, data, and

information respecting the petition.

DATE: DOE will accept comments, data

and information not later than

November 5,1984.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

statements shall be sent to : Department

of Energy, Office of Conservation and

Renewable Energy, Case No. F-013, Mail

Stop CE 112, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. McCabe, U.S. Department of

Energy Office of Conservation and

Renewable Energy, Mail Station, CE112, Forrestal Building. 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585 (202) 252-9127

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC-12, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington. D.C. 20585, (202)

252-9513.

Background

The Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (SPCA), Pub. L 94-163, 89 Stat. 917.

as amended by the National Energy

Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), Pub.

L 95-619,92 Stat. 3266, which requires,

DOE to prescribe standardized test

procedures to measure the energy

consumption of certain consumer

products, including furnaces. The intent

of the test procedures is to provide a

comparable measure of energy

consumption that will assist consumers

in making purchasing decisions. These

test procedures appear at 10 CFR Part

430, Subpart B.

DOE has amended the prescribed test

procedures by adding to CFR 430.27.

Petitions for Waiver, to allow the

Assistant Secretary for Conservation

and Renewable Energy temporarily to

waive test procedures for a particular

basic model. 45 FR 64108 (September 26,

1980). Waivers may be granted when

one or more design characteristics of a

basic model either prevent testing of the

basic model according to the prescribed

test procedures or lead to results so

unrepresentative of the model's true

energy consumption as to provide

materially inaccurate comparative data.

Waivers generally remain in effect until

final test procedure amendments

become effective, resolving the problem

that is the subject of the waiver.

Coleman's petition seeks a waiver

from the DOE test provisions that

require a 1,5 minute time delay between

the ignition of the burner and the

starting of the circulating air blower,

Instead, Coleman requests the

allowance to test using a 20 second

blower time delay when testing its 2900

model series gas furnaces. Coleman

states that since the 20 second delay is

indicative of how the 2900 models

actually operate and since such a delay

results in an improvement in efficiency

of approximately 0.5.0, the, aiver

should be granted.

Under specific circumstances, the

DOE test procedures contain exceptions

which allow testing with blower delay

times of less than the prescribed 1.5

minute delay. Coleman indicates that it

is unable to take advantage of any of

these exceptions for the 2900 model

series.

Pursuant to paragraph (b) of 10 CFR

43027, DOE is hereby publishing the

"Petition for Waiver" in its entirety. The

petition contains no confidential

Information. DOE solicits comments,

data, and information respecting the

petition.

Issued in Washington. D.C. September 27.

1934.

Pat Collins,

Acting AssistantSecretary, Conservation and

Renewable Energy.

July 31. 1934.

Coleman Company, Inc.

Assistant Secretary for Conservation and

Solar Energy,

United States Department ofEnergy;

Washington, D.C

Re: Petition for Waiver

Gentlemen: This Is a petition for waiver

which is being submitted pursuant to Title 10

CFR 43027. Waiver is requested from the

condensing furnace test procedure found at

Appendix N to Subpart B of Part 430 which

requires a 1.5 minute time delay between

burner on and circulating air blower on. This

is a request for authorization to use a delay

of Z0 seconds Instead of 1.5 minutes.

The Coleman Company, Inc. manufactures

a line of condensing furnaces comprising the

2900 model series.In order to achieve

maximum energy efficiency from these units,

the circulating air blower is activated 20

seconds after burner on. This change of state

occurs approximately when the stack

temperature reaches thermal equilibrium and

saves a substantial amount of heat energy.

Under the appendix N procedures. stack

temperature in the 2900 series models is

allowed to overshoot thermal equilibrium and

a substantialamount of heat energy escapes

out the vent. This energy waste would never

occur in an actual installation.If this petition

is granted, the true blower on delay time (t-1

would be used in the calculations.

The standard test procedures do not give

Coleman credit for this energy savings which

averages approximately 0.57a. A 0.5%

improvement is a reduction of 5%. of the

energy loss and we are of the opinion that

this 5`o savings Is significant and that the

prescribed test procedures, by prohibiting

The Coleman Company from taking credit for

the saved energy, distort the facts so as to

provide materially inaccurate comparative

data.

Confidential test data is available which

confirms the 5% waste energy savings

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claimed above. That data can be made

available to you so long as it is protected by

the Department of Energy from disclosure to

others.

We are presently unaware of any other

manufacturers who offer furnaces which

include the timed on blower feature

described and who are unable to take

advantage of the exceptions presently recited

in Appendix N to the regulations.

Please contact me for additional

information.

Very truly yours,

Harold I. Pfountz,

Corporate Attorney.

cc: Bill Harrigill.

(FR Doc. 84-26387 Filed 10-3-84.8.45 aml

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Automotive Propulsion Research and

Development; Automotive Technology

Development Contractors'

Coordination Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

will hold the Automotive Technology

Development Contractors' Coordination

Meeting on automotive propulsion

systems, and members of the public are

hereby invited to attend as observers.

Papers will be presented on the current

state of research and development on

automotive propulsion systems and on

alternative fuels.

DATES: October 29-November 2,1984.

ADDRESS: Hyatt Regency Dearborn

Hotel, Dearborn, Michigan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Anne Marie Zerega, U.S.

Department of Energy, Mail Station CE131, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, Telephone:

(202) 252-8053.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today's

notice follows through on a statement in

the notice of proposed regulations (43

FR 31929, 21932 duly 24,1978)) under

section 304(f) of the Department of

Energy Act of 1978-Civilian .

Applications (Act), 15 U.S.C. 2703(f)

(1970), in which the Department of

Energy (DOE) announced its intention to

open meetings to public attendance.

Section 304(f) requires the DOE to issue

administrative regulations prescribing

procedures, standards, and criteria for

review and certification of automotive

propulsion research and development to

be funded by new grants, cooperative

agreements, or contracts, or as new

DOE or agency projects under the Act.

The purpose of the review and

certification process is to insure that

research and development newly funded

under the Act will supplement rather

than supplant, duplicate, displace, or

lessen the same activities in the private

sector.

The final regulations (43 FR 55228,,

November 24, 1978) provide for notice to

the public of proposed research and

development and an opportunity to file

written objections. To enable the public

to avail itself of the opportunity to

participate in the review and

certification process, the DOE stated in

the notice of the proposed regulations

that it would give notice of meetings,

such as the one announced today, since

relevant information is to be presented.

Below is a preliminary agenda:

Date Topic Session

.United States/Canadian Moming.

Joint Session on

Alternative Fuels.

Alcohol Fuels _.Y._

Alcohol, Liquid Afternoon

Hydrocarbon and

Gaseous Fuels.

Oct. 3o__.- Stirling Technology Morning.

Session No. 1.

Stirling Technology Aternorm.

Session No. 2-

Oct 31 _»...»._...^ Program Overview and Morning.

Industry Prospective

Update_

Heavy Duty Transport

Technology No. 1,

Heavy Duty Transport Afternoon.

Technology No. 2.

Nov. 1 ._ti _... Gas Turbine Moming.

Technology Session.

Ceramic Technology Afternoon.

Session No. 1.

Ceramic Technology Morning.

Session No. 2.

Meeting registration is scheduled to

be held from:

8:00 a.=,3.00 p.m. (Monday, October29

through Thursday, November 1).

8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (Friday, November 2).

Registrants at the meeting pay an

$85.00 registration fee which includes

admission to all technical sessions,

refreshments, and subsequently a copy

of the report of the proceedings.

Members of the public may register and

pay, the fee if they wish to avail

themselves of these services and

materials. However, if they do not, they

are free simply to attend meeting

sessions and listen to the proceedings.

Members of the public intending to

respond to this notice are requested to

so advise the information contact named

above in advance so that appropriate

seating arrangements can be made.

Issued in Washington, D.C., September 20,

1984.

Pat Collins,

Acting Assistant Secretory, Conservation and

Renewable Energy.

(FR Doc. 84-28588 Filed 18-3-84-.8i45aml

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Economic Regulatory Administration

[ERA Case Nos. 50154-6010-01-82, 50154-

6010-02-82]

Availability of Tentative Staff Analysis;

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

of 1978

AGENCY: Economic Regulatory

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

Tentative Staff Analysis.

SUMMARY: The Economic Regulatory

Administration (ERA) of the Department

of Energy (DOE) hereby gives notice of

the availability of the Tentative.Staff

Analysis on the pending prohibition

order proceeding relating to the

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company's

(BG&E) Brandon Shores Generating

Units 1 and 2 (hereafter referred to as

Brandon Shores 1 and 2) located in

Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

The proposed prohibition order for

Brandon Shores 1 and 2, issued on

October 9, 1979 (44 FR 59264, October

15,1979), will, if finalized, prohibit the

units from burning petroleum or natural

gas as a primary energy source. ERA's

Tentative Staff Analysis concludes that

the findings of technical capability and

financial feasibility required by former

section 301(b) of FUA can be made, and

accordingly, recommends that a final

prohibition order be issued to Brandon

Shores 1 and 2. The Tentative Staff

Analysis does not represent ERA's

decision tissue a final prohibition

order, however. That decision will be

made following the expiration of tko

comment period established below, and

will be based upon the evidence

contained in the entire record of the

proceeding, including any comments

received in response to this notice. The

prohibition order procedures for

facilities electing continued coverage

under former section 301 of FUA1 are

I The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acl of 1981.

Pub. L 97-35 (OBRA), which became law on August13,1981, amended Title III of FUA in reveal

important respects, Including the limitation of

DOE's unilateral authority to Issue orders

prohibiting the use ofpetroleum and natural gas or

certain mixtures including these fuels as a primary

energy source in an existing electric powerplant.

Under former section 301, DOE could order the

involuntary conversign of such powerplants. On

October 1,1981, ERA issued final rules pursuant to

OBRA (40 FR 48118), providing procedures whereby

an existing-powerplant issued a proposed

prohibition order under former section 301(b) of (c)

of FUA as of August 13.1981. the date of enactment

of OBRA, could elect to continue the current

prohibition order proceeding under the provisions of

the former section 301. In accordance with the

procedures provided. BG&E on November 9,1081.

notified ERA of its election to have Brandon Shore 1

and 2 remain subject to former section 301(b) of

FUA and thus to become an electing powerplant us

defined in 10 CFR 500.2.

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